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Sun Aug 25 18:41:08 MST 2013

bummer

:-)~MIKE~(-:

On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 6:28 PM, <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote:

> sr0 is your cdrom.
> I think the thingy is hosed...
>
> Michael Havens writes:
>
>> only hard drive partitions (sda-9) and  'sr0'. I think sr0 is the camera
>> card.... not sure though as nothing is plugged in to that.
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 6:06 PM, <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote:
>>
>>> What do you see in:
>>> cat /proc/partitions   ?
>>> ET
>>> Michael Havens writes:
>>>
>>>> the return wasn't blank!
>>>> sdiff -s /tmp/lsusb-b4.txt /tmp/lsusb-af.txt
>>>>
>>>>> Bus 001 Device 013: ID 048d:1169 Integrated Technology Expres
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 5:06 PM, <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> That's bad...
>>>>> That suggests that the drive doesn't trigger udev, which most likely
>>>>> means
>>>>> that is damaged, but a 'pull without mounting' would not do that, so:
>>>>> BEFORE PLUGING IN THE DRIVE:
>>>>> lsusb > /tmp/lsusb-b4.txt
>>>>> AFTER PLUGING IN THE DRIVE:
>>>>> lsusb > /tmp/lsusb-af.txt
>>>>> sdiff -s /tmp/lsusb-b4.txt /tmp/lsusb-af.txt
>>>>> If you see nothing, it's probably hosed...
>>>>> ET
>>>>> Michael Havens writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> well there is no difference between the two files.
>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 4:38 PM, <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Michael, I am no following the thread but:
>>>>>>> BEFORE PLUGING IN THE DRIVE:
>>>>>>> cp /proc/partitions /tmp/partitions
>>>>>>> AFTER PLUGING IN THE DRIVE:
>>>>>>> sdiff -s /proc/partitions /tmp/partitions
>>>>>>> Whatever you see is your partition, then:
>>>>>>> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd${YOUR_PARTITION_********THAT_YOU_FOUND_ABOVE}
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Then create a new partition (cfdisk) and mk2fs it.
>>>>>>> YMMV...
>>>>>>> ET
>>>>>>> Michael Havens writes:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> well.... I just went to officemax to see if windows could format it.
>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>> could not and the guys there said my drive was corrupted. So I
>>>>>>>> bought
>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> new
>>>>>>>> one. I still have the 'corrupted' drive if there are any ideas out
>>>>>>>> there
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> plug land about how to fix it. (it is so upsetting.... the drive
>>>>>>>> isn't a
>>>>>>>> year old yet)
>>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>>>> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Pull the drive out and do:
>>>>>>>>> cat /proc/partitions
>>>>>>>>> Then insert the drive into your computer, count to 10 and run the
>>>>>>>>> above
>>>>>>>>> command again.  The new drive that shows up is the one you just
>>>>>>>>> inserted.
>>>>>>>>>  If you don't see any differences, run it again, the drive just
>>>>>>>>> might
>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>> slow in connecting to you system.  If it doesn't show up at all, it
>>>>>>>>> might
>>>>>>>>> be damaged and isn't going to show up... try turning it off and
>>>>>>>>> back
>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>> again :)
>>>>>>>>> Brian Cluff
>>>>>>>>> On 08/25/2013 11:05 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Well,  I stuck a usb drive into the computer, opened a terminal,
>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> copied files to it. Then I forgot to umount the drive and pulled
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> drive out. Now I need to format it and do not know how to do that.
>>>>>>>>>> How
>>>>>>>>>> do I see what the drive is being called when I stick it in?
>>>>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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